Quiz on Rocks and Minerals

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Quiz on Rocks and Minerals
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What metal is extracted from magnetite?

• A. Iron
• B. Aluminum
• C. Mercury
• D. Lead

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Iron is the Ore mineral in Magnetite
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What metal is extracted from Galena?

• A. Iron
• B. Lead
• C. Aluminum
• D. Sulfur

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Galena is mined for lead
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Intrusive igneous rocks have _____ crystals.

• A. Small
• B. No
• C. Large
• D. Not enough information

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Intrusive cools slowly and makes big crystals
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Is granite intrusive or extrusive?
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Intrusive
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Is sandstone

• A. Clastic
• B. Chemical
• C. Organic
• D. Metamorphic

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Clastic
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Is shale

• A. Clastic
• B. Chemical
• C. Organic
• D. Metamorphic

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Clastic
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The presence of layering in metamorphic rocks is
called

• A. Stratification
• B. Graded Bedding
• C. Foliation
• D. Layering

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Foliation
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The primary mineral in limestone is

• A. Feldspar
• B. Calcite
• C. Coal
• D. Quartz

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Calcite
it causes us to have caves - karst topography
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What do you call the color of a minerals powder?

• A. luster
• B. stripe
• C. bent
• D. streak

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Streak
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There are two main categories of this metallic
and nonmetallic

• A. Hardness
• B. Luster
• C. Streak
• D. Fracture

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Luster